39 They answered and said to Him, |Abraham is our father.| Jesus said to them, |If you are Abraham's children, do the deeds of Abraham.
40 |But as it is, you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do.
41 |You are doing the deeds of your father.| They said to Him, |We were not born of fornication; we have one Father: God.|
42 Jesus said to them, |If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have not even come on My own initiative, but He sent Me.
43 |Why do you not understand what I am saying? [It is] because you cannot hear My word.
44 |You are of [your] father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own [nature], for he is a liar and the father of lies.
45 |But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me.
46 |Which one of you convicts Me of sin? If I speak truth, why do you not believe Me?
47 |He who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear [them], because you are not of God.|
48 The Jews answered and said to Him, |Do we not say rightly that You are a Samaritan and have a demon?|
49 Jesus answered, |I do not have a demon; but I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me.
50 |But I do not seek My glory; there is One who seeks and judges.
51 |Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps My word he will never see death.|
52 The Jews said to Him, |Now we know that You have a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets [also]; and You say, 'If anyone keeps My word, he will never taste of death.'
53 |Surely You are not greater than our father Abraham, who died? The prophets died too; whom do You make Yourself out [to be]?|
54 Jesus answered, |If I glorify Myself, My glory is nothing; it is My Father who glorifies Me, of whom you say, 'He is our God';
55 and you have not come to know Him, but I know Him; and if I say that I do not know Him, I will be a liar like you, but I do know Him and keep His word.
56 |Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw [it] and was glad.|
57 So the Jews said to Him, |You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?|
58 Jesus said to them, |Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am.|
59 Therefore they picked up stones to throw at Him, but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple.
